освоювати

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Etymology edit

From осво́їти (osvójity) +‎ -ювати (-juvaty). Compare Russian осва́ивать (osváivatʹ), Belarusian асво́йваць (asvójvacʹ), Polish oswajać.

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осво́ювати (osvójuvatyimpf (perfective осво́їти) (transitive)

  1. to develop, to open up (put to economic use)
  2. to master (become proficient in)
    Synonyms: засво́ювати impf (zasvójuvaty), оволодіва́ти impf (ovolodiváty), опано́вувати impf (opanóvuvaty)
  3. (dialectal) to tame (:animal)
    Synonym: прируча́ти impf (pryručáty)

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